Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ
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East. Mediterr. Health J. · Jan 2020
EditorialFull implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is the responsibility of all.
Although the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into force in 2005, the tobacco control challenge continues to escalate. Despite the fact that tobacco use is finally projected to decrease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), as indicated in the WHO Global Report on Trends in the Prevalence of Tobacco Use, the tobacco epidemic is still far from over.
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East. Mediterr. Health J. · Jan 2020
Quantitative comparison of WHO tobacco control measures: lessons from the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced a package of measures including 6 main policies (MPOWER) to control tobacco use. ⋯ Although many efforts have been made in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, many challenges to policy implementation and enforcement remain compared with other regions, and require urgent action by governments in the Region.
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The World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region is the only WHO region with increasing male prevalence of smoking tobacco products observed and predicted. There is no regional analysis of cigarette affordability in the literature. ⋯ The historic and persisting higher affordability of cigarettes in the EMR relative to the rest of the world could offer an explanation to the tobacco prevalence trends in the region. Continued implementation of Article 6 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is needed.
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East. Mediterr. Health J. · Dec 2019
EditorialEffective health information systems for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals and the universal health coverage agenda.
Universal health coverage (UHC) and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) cannot be achieved without the appropriate measurement and monitoring mechanisms. At the global level, extensive attention is given to mechanisms that focus on measuring and reporting the status of SDG indicators, to help in shaping global priorities, and to steer political will and leverage for action at the national level.